Garment protector for auto seats



E. L. AND A. L. FUCHS.

GARMENT PROTECTOR FOR AUTO SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1921.

1,415,626 Patented May 9, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' EDWARD L. FUCHS AND ANTHONY L. FUCHS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GARMENT PROTECTOR FOR AUTO SEATS.

Application filed June 11,

To a? Z to 710m it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD-L. FUoHs andANTHONY L. F UCHS,- citizensof the United States, and residents of thecity of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have in-' vented certain newand useful Improvements in Garment Protectors for Auto Seats. of whichthe following is a specification, containing a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accgmpanying drawings, forming apart here- 0 Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement ingarment protectors for auto seats, and has for its primary object theconstruction of a reversible seat back and a cover which not onlyprotects the seat, butv the garment of the occupant from becomingsoiled. I

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of our improvement. Fig. 2 is acentral section of the same in the position which it assumes when inuse. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionalv view taken on the line 33 of Fig.1, and Fig. 4 isan enlarged sectional view, showing the method ofbinding the rough or cut edges of the matting.

Referring to the drawings, 4 indicates the cover for the back of a seatand 5 the cover for the seat and 6 the cover for the front end of theseat. These sections or portions are preferably made of straw or grassmatting and in the construction of our improvement we first apply thebinding 7 to the lower edge of the back 4 and then apply the binding 8to the rear edge of the seat 5. We then apply a strip of fabric 9 to theupper front edge of the seat 5 and the upper edge of the portion 6 andwe then apply a strip of fabric 10 on the underneath surface of thefront edge of the seat 5 and on the back surface of the portion 6. Afterthe above mentioned operations, we then take a continuous piece ofbinding tape 11 and sew it along the top and sides of the back 4 andseat 5 and along the'ends and lower edge of the portion 6. Thiscontinuous strip of binding tape 11 secures the portions 4, 5, and 6 inassembled form and forms a hinged connection between the back-f4 andseat 5 and reinforces the connection between the seat 5 and the portion6. The pieces of fabric and the binding tape 11 are secured to the back.seat and front portion 6 by means of stitching. Secured to the rear edgeof Specification in Letters Patent.

Patented May 9,1922. 1921. Serial No. 476,842.

the seat 5 is a tape 13. These tapes are adapted to go around the seatand be tied for holding the cover in position on the seat.

It will be observed that the continuous piece of binding tape 11 isstitched to the ends of the strips of. fabric 9 and10.

It will further be observed that the back 4 and seat 5 are securedtogether only at their ends so that the back 4 may conform to the backof the occupant without putting any strain appreciably on the hingedconnection between the back and the seat.

It is furthermore obvious that this construction will permit the back 4to conform to different shapes of the backs ofseats.

It will further be observed that the rear edge of the seat portion 5 andthe lower edge of the back portion 4 are spaced apart. Our protector isalso reversible and when it is desired to reverse the same, the strips12 are inserted through the space between the sections 4 and 5 and thentied to the strips 13 around the seat. I

In Fig. 4 we have illustrated the method of binding the rough or cutedges of the matting, wherein we first fold over the edge of the mattingand then apply the binding so as to prevent raveling or pulling apart,it being noted that the binding is stitched through the folded edge ofthe matting. This is necessitated for the reason that the matting comeswider than is required for a seat cover and in trimming off the selvageto get the proper'width and if the edge is not turned over asillustrated in Fig. 4, the binding-will pull out and carry "with it apart of the matting and thus in a short time destro I the utility of ourdevice.

HZtving fully described our invention, what we claim is: I

1. A reversible and flexible garment protector for auto seats composedof a section for the back, a section for the seat, and a section for thefront edge of the seat, the seat section and back section being spacedapart almost throughout their widths, a continuous piece of binding tapestitched at the outer margins of said section for holding the same inassembled form, the lower edge 5 of the back section and the rear edgeof the seat section being unattached except at the side margins, so thatthe seat back section may conform with the shape of the seat back.

2. A reversible and flexible garment protector for auto seats comprisinga section for the back, a section for the seat, and a section for thefront edge of the seat formed of grass or straW matting, a continuousstrip of binding tape stitched to the outer margins of said sections forholding the same together, the lower edge of the back section and therear edge of the seat section being spaced apart and detached, except attheir extreme outer ends, so that the seat back section may conform withthe curvature of the back of the seat on which it is used, the frontedge of the seat section and the upper edge of the section for the frontedge of the seat being connected together by strips of fabric, saidstrips of fabric a fording hinged connection between said sections and aprotector covering for the upper front edge of the seat, and tapessecured to the rear edge of the seat section and the lower edge of thesection for the front edge edge of each of the seat for removablysecuring the protector to the seat.

3. A reversible and flexible garment protector for seats, comprising aseat .back section and a seat section formed of straw matting, adaptedto be folded against each other, the adjacent edges of said sectionsbeing spaced apart and unattached, a flexible binding strip secured tothree .sides of each of said sections for flexibly connecting the sametogether at their sides only, so that the intermediate portion of theadjacent section may be conformed to either the seat or back withoutputting undue strain on the sections, thereby eliminating the danger oftearing.

In testimony whereof, we names to this spgcification.

DWAR-D L. FUCHS. ANTHONY L. FUCHS.

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